But it [i]is[/i] true. While the more liberally minded of us do hold Saudi women in great esteem, most Saudis still view women as chattel. A significant portion of our girls barely complete high school. And even if they do get a college education, social pressures prevent many from trying to find a job. And a lot of those who do get jobs are forced to quit them once they get married. “A women’s place is her home” is still pretty much the mentality around here.

Just because the one criticizing us is an outsider does not make their views invalid. In fact, just in being an outsider means that they could give us a fresh perspective that we may be lacking. We must not let our “National Pride” get in the way of us seeing our own faults.

- we care too much about what people think of us more than what we really are, trust me Ahmed, I bet that if you knew such women they wouldn’t be much different than the charming ones you already know, the second half of our society are really amazing human beings. I would be very alerted about how we easily give others the write to judge how we value our women, and directly appoint them discoverers on our behave to the the other side of us, the Saudi women